Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance Continues Custom to Ring in and Have a good time the 198th Harvest
SONOMA, CA (August 9, 2022) – The Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance (SVVGA), a non-profit commerce affiliation representing greater than 100 wineries and 140 grape growers within the Sonoma Valley, is happy to announce the beginning of the 2022 wine grape harvest within the Sonoma Valley, with a number of grape picks going down in each the Los Carneros and Sonoma Valley AVAs (American Viticulture Areas). One of many first to start, early this morning, was Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards.
“2022 marks the 40th harvest anniversary for Gloria Ferrer since we opened our vineyard in 1982. Our crew is raring to start harvest to make sure Gloria Ferrer’s 2022 harvest yields vibrant and recent grapes,” says Harry Hansen, Senior Vice President of Winegrowing & Winemaking, Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards.
Gloria Ferrer harvested 20 tons of Pinot Noir this morning for his or her glowing wine program. The Gloria Ferrer crew shared a sparking toast for a protected harvest season, and ceremonially ‘rang in’ the 2022 Sonoma Valley harvest with SVVGA’s harvest bell on their crush pad.
Longtime Sonoma Valley grape rising household, Sangiacomo Household Vineyards will start their harvest early tomorrow morning. “Glowing harvest is nearly to start for us. Yields look to be common to just a little beneath. The vine well being appears to be good with the assistance of a few spring rains. We’re in search of one other distinctive classic and holding our fingers crossed the climate holds to get us to the end line,” says Steve Sangiacomo, third technology grape grower and associate, Sangiacomo Household Vineyards.
2022 marks the Sonoma Valley’s 198th harvest, and to commemorate the start of one other extremely anticipated classic, SVVGA invitations all the Sonoma Valley group to take part within the conventional valley-wide bell ringing at 11:00 AM on August 17 on the Mission San Francisco Solano.
SVVGA developed this ceremony in 2018 to acknowledge and rejoice the unprecedented dedication and exhausting work of Sonoma Valley’s agricultural group, the grape growers, and vintners, as they proceed to supply the best high quality winegrapes and wines.
Earlier this July, SVVGA hosted the threerd Annual Harvest Kickoff Social gathering, the place greater than 150 vintners, grower members, and group companions gathered at Sebastiani Vineyards & Vineyard to share in a celebration and toast the Sonoma Valley’s unbelievable wine and agricultural group. Because the custom goes, an ‘Honorary Bell Ringer’ is known as, who exemplifies true dedication, experience, ardour, and coronary heart for agriculture and the business. This yr, longtime associate, and sponsor to SVVGA, American AgCredit, rang the official Harvest Bell honoring the custom, throughout the kickoff social gathering. American AgCredit has supported the Sonoma Valley, its grape growers, and producers, and the SVVGA for many years. Particular because of our American AgCredit for his or her function in supporting the 2022 Sonoma Valley. Harvest Kickoff.
In regards to the Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance
SVVGA is comprised of a whole lot of member wineries and grape growers, in addition to affiliate members, who work collectively to advertise consciousness of the Sonoma Valley and its extraordinary wines and grapes, its incomparable local weather, and its richly various terrain and terroir. Its mission shouldn’t be solely to foster collaboration amongst Sonoma Valley’s wine business, however to guard and protect its winemaking legacy and agricultural heritage. SVVGA helps its members and wine area via advocacy, advertising and marketing, and schooling.
Go to www.SonomaValleyWine.com for extra info.
